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Privacy, data theft top cyber-security issues in 2012

Privacy, data theft top cyber-security issues in 2012Economic TimesBANGALORE: Privacy and data theft will be the top security issues that organisations need to focus on in the new year, according to PandaLabs, the anti-malware laboratory of cloud security firm Panda Security. Cyber-espionage and social networking ...

2011: The year of domestic cyber threatAljazeera.comWhile some in the US government attempted to link industrial control systems cyber security and radical Islamic fundamentalist terrorism soon after the 9/11 attacks, the probability of a major attack of this type by al-Qaeda was greatly discounted. ...Aljazeera.com

Happy New Year and thanks to ZDNet's readersZDNet (blog)I also had the opportunity to give a whole boatload of webcasts for CBS Interactive, on topics ranging from cybersecurity to cloud computing to virtualization. As I've been thinking about this past year, I realized I owed my general sense of well-being ...ZDNet (blog)

Security provider is outgrowing its officesDetroit Free PressAt a small network operations center in Commerce Township, employees at Nuspire Networks battle viruses, worms, spyware and other cyber security threats, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The network security service provider has been steadily growing ...

Studies Highlight Smartphone, Tablet Security WoesRedOrbitOn Thursday, eWeek writer Fahmida Y. Rashid reported on a similar study, compiled by the National Cyber-Security Alliance and security software provider McAfee. That study revealed that 70% of all smartphone users believed that their devices were safe...RedOrbit

Goodbye partyBoston.comTo that list of concerns he added “non-state actors who suddenly play a much greater role in international affairs through cyber power'' - protesters linked and energized by Twitter and Facebook, and hackers whose full threat to cyber security remains ...

Top Ten Cybersecurity Stories of 2011NextgovBy Jessica Herrera-Flanigan 12/30/11 01:15 pm ET The year 2011 proved to be a busy one on thecybersecurity front, with significant attention being paid to attacks, breaches and general security issues. Hackers' exploits this year were not necessarily ...

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Hack Adds to Cybersecurity ConcernsInfoboomThe newly revealed network attack on the US Chamber of Commerce comes amid heightened concern over the state of national cybersecurity. Word of the chamber attack surfaced December 21 in The Wall Street Journal. The publication, citing sources familiar ...

Check Point Initiated at NeutralZacks.comConsequently, cyber-security is becoming a mission-critical, high-profile requirement. Check Point's rich experience in the security space and continuous delivery of mission-critical solutions has helped it to maintain and grow its market share. ...

Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) on Online PiracyC-SPANHe says SOPA would damage the domain name system - the basic architecture of the internet- would be compromised, it would harm efforts at cybersecurity and it would lead to censorship. Senator Wyden and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ...

71m smart utility metres in 2012ITWeb (blog)Cyber security and data privacy in the context of the smart grid, and Analytics and Big Data were also focus areas. The IDC says the Middle Eastern and African regions will continue to strive to increase their power supply focusing on energy ...

3 Big, Big Trends to Watch in 2012Moneyshow.comThe biggest companies providing services like cybersecurity to government departments like the Department of Homeland Security, the Pentagon, and intelligence agencies are SAIC (SAIC), URS Corp, (URS) and CACI International (CACI). ...

Business data collection 'may face backlash from mobile users'Ontrack Data RecoveryHis comments follow those by Mark Dampster, associate at the Centre for Cyber Security, who claims data security needs to be at the heart of everything businesses and individuals do in 2012. Is your data asset getting out of sight? ...